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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
The Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Science, Tokyo, JP;
Shuhei Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention makes it possible to easily and efficiently observe a specimen contained in a fluid without using a filtration device separate from a scanning probe microscope by attaching a filter holding part holding a filter to a fluid cell of a specimen support. Therefore, a specimen support, for holding a specimen subject to observation by the scanning probe microscope, comprises a fluid cell, into which fluid including the specimen is introduced, and a filter unit including a filter, which allows the fluid passage and at least a part of the specimen is adhered to. The fluid cellincludes a fluid entrance, the filter unit includes a fluid exit opening, and the filter unit is attached to one side of the fluid cell